Reviewing Retro Games of the 80's and 90's

Tag: Shooter

Contra became a classic after being released on the NES back in the lat 80s. In response to the hit, Konamia decided to release a Game Boy version – action on the run! I recently took a trip and brought my faithful Gameboy Advanced alongside a couple games – one of which was Operation C… Read More Gameboy Review – Operation Contra

The first time I played a game in the Space Harrier series was when I played the original arcade game on Shenmue for Dreamcast. It was a fun time with awesome music! A couple years later, I picked up the sequel on the Wii virtual console. Having not played the game for close to a decade, I… Read More Genesis Review – Space Harrier 2

When I originally had a PSX back in the early 2000’s, I basically stuck to RPGs which kept me naive to much of the awesome games under different genres. So when I saw this game in my local hock shop, I picked it up to try something new! Turns it out was an awesome idea –… Read More PSX Review – Ray Crisis

The Dreamcast died an early death – there were so many great games that people never ended up playing! One such game is Canon Spike – a game that I picked up recently on eBay. It has been harder and harder to find, but I am glad I finally got to play it this Capcom developed… Read More Dreamcast Review – Cannon Spike

There is something incredibly badass about a giant flaming space snake glaring at you into the depths of your soul. I knew before even putting this game in that it was going to fun! Again, this is a game I never knew existed until I got back into retro gaming and am happy that I… Read More NES Review – Life Force

Doom for PC was the first game that I ever played that game me nightmares. I would play late into the night in my families computer room with the music ramped up. Hearing the growls up of the demons and eventually being ambushed by them scared the crap out of me – and I loved it!… Read More N64 Review – Doom 64

Six months into my collecting hobby, I was travelling around in London, Ontario for interviews for where I would be working in the following year and ended up stumbling upon upon a retro game store. I was expecting to find little – but their inventory was awesome! They had Princesses Tomato and the Salad Kingdom… Read More NES Review – Metal Storm